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Thursday, May 09, 2013  The brother of two leaders of one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico has been found guilty of buying racehorses to hide illegal drug profits.

Monday, April 15, 2013 

Monday, April 01, 2013  Mexican drug cartels are dispatching some of their trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  A narcoblockade in a Hidalgo neighborhood is among the items listed in a new report that lists Mexican drug cartels as the number one organized crime threat in Texas.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  The family of a U.S. Customs Enforcement agent killed in a 2011 ambush on a Mexican highway and another agent who survived are suing the government and others.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  A federal judge has ordered the seizure of a luxury condominium allegedly belonging to a former Tamaulipas governor.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Authorities have exhumed the body of a relative of a feared drug-cartel leader in order to conduct DNA testsand quiet doubts that Zetas head Heriberto Lazcano was slain earlier this month.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutors says authorities are seeking permits to exhume the remains of the parents of deceased drug lord Heriberto Lazcano, to obtain material for DNA testing.

Friday, October 12, 2012  A Gulf Cartel leader is behind bars after being arrested south of the border in Reynosa.

Friday, October 12, 2012  An autopsy carried out on the body of slain Zetas drug cartel leader Heriberto Lazcano-Lazcano shows he died of six gunshot wounds, including two to the head.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A Mexican family is wondering if a photo found on the body of a slain drug lord means their daughter is still alive and living in the Rio Grande Valley.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  The Mexican navy says a team of marines had no idea that they had killed the leader of the country's most-feared drug cartel in a gunfight that erupted when they tried to search a group of suspicious men outside a baseball stadium.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Court records show that an early Monday morning drive by shooting in Brownsville may have connections to two rival drug cartels.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Many here in the Rio Grande Valley are skeptical that the death of Zetas supreme leader Heriberto Lazcano-Lazcano will have a big impact on border security and the drug war.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Authorities are confirming a that the Zetas supreme leader was killed in a gun battle in Coahuila but that his body was stolen from a funeral home.